Goddamnit. I am sick and fucking tired of asshat GOP politicians trying to fuck with and defund Planned Parenthood. I'm looking at YOU, CO-Sen Cory Gardner (R-Smarmy Weasel), you little piece of shit. Abortions are THREE PERCENT of Planned Parenthood's services, and it is none of YOUR fucking business if someone wants one, anyway. YOU will never have to carry a baby. So STFU.
I went to Planned Parenthood for birth control when I was in college. I went for preventative care in my 20's, when I worked for a small company and was turned down for insurance due to preeexisting condition. I went when I was between jobs and worked as a temp. Now, in middle age, I am recently divorced and have lost my health and dental insurance as a result. I am going back to school for a Master's degree, and will have to work freelance due to my children's school schedules. Neither child can drive. I, therefore, can't get insurance through a job and will have to get bare-bones coverage.
Due to surgery after the birth of my second child, I no longer need birth control. AND I DON'T NEED AN ABORTION, EITHER. DUH. I DO need Pap smears and checkups, due to a family history of breast cancer. I NEED PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
When I had the time and money, I supported Planned Parenthood. After a hiatus of many years, I got back into political activism when that idiot Karen Handel forced the Susan G. Komen Foundation to defund PP. I immediately donated and volunteered my services for phone banking, etc.
And now...just when I need PP again...a bunch of misogynistic lunkheaded pandering ASSHATS are trying to DEFUND it. Goddamned FOOLS. PP doesn't just serve women, you jackasses. They offer services for men, too. And free condoms, which, you idiots, can prevent pregnancy. And therefore abortions, you dumb shits.
We ALL know why the religious right-wing nutjobs and the GOP politicians that they own hate PP. Women should be PUNISHED for having non-procreative sex, or divorcing their husbands, or refusing to carry a child with severe genetic defects, or not submitting to God's will or some crap. What fucking horseshit. And let's not forget the sheer hypocrisy of assholes like DesJarlais, who insisted that one or two of his mistresses have abortions.
I am so pissed off. I wrote a letter to the editor of my local paper, too, but didn't use any foul language :) I'm thinking of a targeted Twitter campaign. This shit has got to stop. Any ideas?